poverty has been a subject of controversy. This paper brings into focus recent evidence on the pace of poverty reduction in … suggest that there is credible evidence for poverty to have declined significantly since the 1990s but at a lesser speed than … growth in per capita GDP. More importantly, global poverty tends to respond much more strongly to shifts in sector of …

greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist” approach to African development, the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …

since 1995 have averaged 8 per cent annually, poverty rates have fallen, maternal and child health have improved, and …